To Integrate or not to integrate Safety and Control

To Integrate or not to integrate Safety and Controlhttp://blogs.sea.siemens.com/blogs/process-safety/archive/2009/05/28/To-Integrate-or-not-to-integrat-Safety-and-Control.aspxAs I began my career in Process Control almost 20 years ago, I remember asking my mentor why our process & instrumentation diagrams (P&ID’s) showed field instruments and final control elements wired up to two different control systems. HisenCommunityServer 2.1 (Build: 60809.935)Views on Safety System and Control System Separationhttp://blogs.sea.siemens.com/blogs/process-safety/archive/2009/05/28/To-Integrate-or-not-to-integrat-Safety-and-Control.aspx#1802Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:33:08 GMT383d8575-c014-4b6d-ae08-8efbebf4dbe0:1802Emerson Process Experts<p>Charles Fialkowski's blog post last week, To Integrate or not to integrate Safety and Control describes some of the continued discussions going on concerning separation of the safety instrumented systems (SIS) and basic process control systems (BPCS).</p>